* Portsmouth (the consensus #1 from preseason dropped 2 from #1 to #3 with their 1 loss
* Chillicothe ??? started last week at #7 lost to Minford then beat Porstmouth … dropped to #9
* Minford ??? went from #10 beat #7 Chilli moved to #8 … they play #6 Warren Friday at the Warriordome - I'll be there to see that one …
*** on a side note the "few" games I watch all across Southern/SEO every year has been right around 50+ regular season games add in the post season of sectionals/close to every game each year at the district/regional in the Athens (the 3 Weeks of the Convo) … I DO SEE TEAMS PLAY …
… basketball season is 22 games … strength of schedule, wins/losses, who was beaten/lost to, full strength or injuries, coaches, good or bad concessions … 1 win will not get you in the promised land, 1 loss "ain't" dropping you out either … there aren't many teams who are going to go the season without losing 0,1,2 or 3 games … heck Warren has 2 losses and sit at #6 - they lost to Wheeling Park (West Virginia's #4 team) and Meadowbrook who was 8-1 after beating Warren … Miami Trace has 2 losses on their schedule going into this week - Wilmington !!! - doesn't even count!!! Wilmington beats EVERY team in Southern Southeastern Ohio and maybe all comers in the state no matter the division ,loaded with D1 college level players … in my little mind MT's only loss is to Logan Elm ( yeah that Logan Elm - the one who I have at #15 - great coaches, great program, allowing only 44 ppg defensively while only scoring 45 ppg - that LE) … IF you figure each team plays about 2 games per week on average … that avg of 72 games per week to keep track of w's & losses … 4 weeks in the books about 300 games trying to keep track of who beat/lost to whom & when … fan of the game I am - not an expert of anything … just a cheap seat guy who respects the game, the kids who work at the game they love to play, coaches who put in the time to teach kids the great game of basketball … and I've grown close to many many fine fans of the game here on SEOPs - from ALL over Southern/SEOhio - I call them all friends … fans of the game, coaches, officials, scorekeepers, radio personalities , parents of players, the people who work so we can enjoy Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights from the Cheap Seats as I call them …
... I do my best to add to this site that is for High School Basketball …providing something other than people bashing one school or another, trashing high school athletes , putting down coaches … I'm proud of the posts that are on the Elite 8 every week - the folks who post ARE true fans of the game! they add great information to the games/teams/ players/coaches we see on game days … info you aren't going to get in a "program" … the people who post to this thread know the game or are looking to learn more about the teams their schools team will be playing, or just want to keep up with the 72 teams in this part of the state …
… JS7_22 so you think the rankings are "a joke" ??? … I'm pretty sure you aren't one of the SEOP people I've run across in a gym in Southern/Southeast Ohio …
